Tuesday 26 March 2013
Off-air recordings for week 30 March - 5 April 2013
Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.
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Saturday 30th March
History > Documentaries
Walking Through History
Channel 4, 8:00-9:00pm, 1/4 - The Birth of Industry
In each programme Tony will follow a newly created bespoke route that will allow him to explore on foot both the history of a particularly colourful historical period or event, and the spectacular landscape in which those events unfolded. So, in the series he'll seek out the origins of the Industrial Revolution in the Derwent Valley, explore Britain's secret WWII frontline in Dorset, reveal the hidden stories of Henry VIII's court in the Weald, and track traces of the Jacobites in the remote Western Highlands of Scotland
The walks are proper expeditions with each one taking Tony a week; and they will be rewarding not just for the history but also as genuinely pleasurable walks, complete with B&Bs, pubs, views ...and fellow walkers.
With various experts he encounters on the way, Tony will reveal and discover places and their hidden stories that ordinary walkers and ramblers might otherwise miss. And, as well as the history, Tony will infuse each walk with an appreciation of some of the striking landscapes and geographical features Britain contains.
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Sunday 31st March
Factual > Documentaries
Medicalising Grief
BBC Radio 4, 1:30-2:00pm
Matthew Hill reports on the debate surrounding the US publication the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Its detractors argue that with every edition more aspects of human experience are being pathologised, leading the way to the possible medicalisation of normal reactions such as grief. And since the manual also indicates what the appropriate clinical treatments should be, questions are being raised about the pharmaceutical industry and whether it stands to benefit.
Factual > Documentaries
Storyville: The Road, a Story of Life and Death
BBC4, 7:00-8:15pm
Documentary in which critically-acclaimed filmmaker Marc Isaacs paints a rich portrait of multicultural life in the UK by looking at the lives of immigrants living along the A5, one of Britain's longest and oldest roads. Stretching from London to the Welsh coast, the road has always been an important lifeline for new émigrés. Today, it is a microcosm of the wider world, and the film meets people from across the globe whose lives now orbit around the road.
From Irish immigrants like aspiring young singer Keelta, and Billy, an ageing Irish labourer struggling to find meaning to his life, to glamorous German-born air hostess Brigitte, Austrian Peggy, 95, who lost most of her family during the Holocaust, and Iqbal, a Kashmiri hotel concierge trying to secure a visa for his wife so she can join him in London, their poignant stories of loss and the search for belonging are woven together into a rich tapestry of human experience.
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Monday 1st April
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment
Africa: The Greatest Show on Earth
BBC1, 7:00-8:00pm
Sir David Attenborough takes a breath-taking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it's never been seen before. From the richness of the Cape of Good Hope to blizzards in the high Atlas Mountains, from the brooding jungles of the Congo to the steaming swamps and misty savannahs, Africa explores the whole continent. An astonishing array of previously unknown places are revealed along with bizarre new creatures and extraordinary behaviours.
Using the latest in filming technology including remote HD cameras, BBC One takes an animal's eye view of the action. The journey begins in the Kalahari, Africa's ancient southwest corner, where two extraordinary deserts sit side by side and even the most familiar of its creatures have developed ingenious survival techniques. Black rhinos reveal a lighter side to their character as they gather around a secret waterhole. Springbok celebrate the arrival of rains with a display of 'pronking'. Bull desert giraffes endure ferocious battles for territory in a dry river bed.
Factual > History > Documentaries
The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill presents a documentary following the scientific investigation that aims to lift the lid on what life was like in the small Roman town of Herculaneum, moments before it was destroyed by a volcanic erruption.
Just 10 miles from Pompeii, 12 arched vaults are telling a whole new story about what life was like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. They contain the skeletons of no less than 340 people, just 10% of the local population, killed by the volcano. Amongst them are the first new skeletons to be found in the area for 30 years which are now the subject of a ground-breaking scientific investigation. The finds included a toddler clutching his pet dog, a two-year-old girl with silver earrings and a boy staring into the eyes of his mother as they embraced in their last moment.
Those found inside the vaults were nearly all women and children. Those found outside on the shoreline were nearly all men. Why?
The Other Pompeii: Life and Death In Herculaneum unravels a surprising story of resilience, courage and humanity, with the local population going to their deaths not in the apocalyptic orgy of sex and self-destruction often portrayed in Pompeii's popular myth, but, much more like the passengers of the Titanic, it seems that like their British counterparts, the ancient inhabitants of Herculaneum put women and children first.
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Tuesday 2nd April
Factual > Health & Wellbeing > Documentaries
Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 2/8
The groundbreaking eight-part series that tells the story of a single day in the NHS. One hundred camera crews were dispatched across the country to capture how this giant institution collides with every aspect of life in Britain. Through the experience of patients and staff, each film reveals the grief, frustration, heroism and joy evident in the NHS every single day.
This second film in the series features the anxious parents in a neonatal unit awaiting news from a critical scan, and an ex-boxing champion battling his demons at a Welsh detox clinic. In Essex, Susan struggles with her husband's worsening dementia, while in London, Alan prepares for his first ever operation, in which he will donate a kidney to wife, Ann.
The film shows those things the NHS can fix and those long term conditions it can't - where the burden of care often falls on loved ones.
Arts, Culture & the Media > Photography > Documentaries
In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Letter
BBC4, 10:50-11:50pm
Documentary following photographer Saul Leiter as he clears his New York apartment of the collection of work he has amassed throughout his career. The artist reveals how he was once considered a pioneer of colour photography and rose to fame in the 1980s, but chose an individual style of life and work over success, which he reflects on as he clears his home.
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Wednesday 3rd April
Factual
River of Dreams: Crossing England in a Punt
BBC4, 2:35-3:35am
From the Staffordshire Hills to the Humber Estuary, spirited explorer Tom Fort embarks on a 170 mile journey down Britain's third longest river - the Trent. Beginning on foot, he soon transfers to his own custom-built punt, "The Trent Otter" and rows many miles downstream. Along the way he encounters the power stations that generate much of the nation's electricity; veterans of the catastrophic floods of 1947; the 19th Century brewers of Burton; and a Bronze Age boatman who once made a life along the river. In River of Dreams, Tom Fort discovers the secrets of a beautiful waterway and over 3000 years of history.
Factual > History > Documentaries
Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the dangers created in Victorian households when owners brought the latest gadgets and conveniences into their homes. In an era with no health and safety standards, they were often turning their homes into hazardous death traps.
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Thursday 4th April
History > Documentaries
Time to Remember
BBC4, 8:00-8:30pm
Archive footage of theatres, music halls and cinemas from the 1920s and 30s is combined with narrated reminiscences to shed light on the entertainment industry of the early 20th century. Includes reels of Charles Laughton applying his own stage make-up, chorus line auditions, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks' trip to Europe, and Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 release Blackmail.
Factual > History > Religion & Ethics > Documentaries
Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 5/6 - Islands
Presenter and Welsh poet Ifor ap Glyn explores why some islands are believed to be holy retreats, learning it isn't just their natural beauty that has attracted pilgrims over the years. He travels from the Lake District to view the Mappa Mundi in Hereford Cathedral and then to Lindisfarne in Northumberland, before stopping at the Western Isles, where he explores a Buddhist monastery. Finally, he ends his journey on Bardsey, known as the Island of 20,000 Saints.
Science and Technology > Documentaries
Horizon: The Age of Big Data
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
An examination of the varying uses being made out of the huge amount of information now available in databases. In Los Angeles, an experiment is underway in which police are trying to predict crime before it even happens, one City of London trader believes he has found the secret of making billions with mathematics, and astronomers in South Africa are attempting to catalogue the entire universe.
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Friday 5th April
Art, Culture & the Media > Art > History > Documentaries
The High Art of the Low Countries
BBC4, 2:40-3:40am, 1 - Dream of Plenty
Andrew Graham-Dixon tours the Low Countries, exploring how history has influenced the area's art, architecture and culture. In the first edition, he details how the art of Renaissance Flanders evolved from the crafting of precious tapestries, and begins his journey at the altarpiece of Ghent Cathedral, created by the Van Eyck brothers, explaining their groundbreaking innovation in oil painting and marvels at how the colours are still vibrant today. Plus, he describes how during the era people believed they were preoccupied with the end of the world.
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Wednesday 20 March 2013
Off-air recordings for week 23-29 March 2013
Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.
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Saturday 23rd March
Factual > Pets & Animals > Science & Nature > Documentaries
Natural World Special: Attenborough's Ark
BBC2, 8:30-9:30pm
David Attenborough chooses his ten favourite animals that he would most like to save from extinction. From the weird to the wonderful, he picks fabulous and unusual creatures that he would like to put in his 'ark', including unexpected and little-known animals such as the olm, the solenodon and the quoll. He shows why they are so important and shares the ingenious work of biologists across the world who are helping to keep them alive.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries > Films
Project Nim
BBC2, 9:30-11:05pm
Documentary about Nim Chimpsky, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human.
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Monday 24th March
Factual › Arts, Culture & the Media › Arts
What Do Artists Do All Day?
BBC4, 8:00-8:30pm, Polly Morgan
Taxidermist Polly Morgan, described by Banksy as 'Britain's hottest bird stuffer', is one of Britain's most high profile young artists.
Her macabre and unsettling works, including a coffin bursting with open-mouthed chicks and a rat asleep in a champagne glass, have won her celebrity fans including Kate Moss and considerable media coverage.
In the second of this series of artist profiles, this film offers an intimate peek at the strange and wonderful art of Polly Morgan and asks what her reputation reveals about the relationship between art and celebrity.
Factual › Arts, Culture & the Media › Arts
John Portman: A Life of Building
BBC4, 10:15-11:10pm
Film about the architect John Portman, capturing his approach in an intimate portrait that, by turn, assesses and appreciates his work, using dramatic time-lapse footage to show off his buildings at their best. Once a maverick who was nearly run out of the American Institute of Architects, Portman is now recognized as one of the most innovative and imitated architects ever. Over 45 years, his iconic urban statements and eye-popping interiors have risen in 60 cities on four continents to redefine cityscapes in America and skylines in China and the rest of Asia.
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Tuesday 25th March
Factual › Health & Wellbeing
Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/8
The first of a landmark eight-part series, filmed on a single day in the NHS. 100 camera crews filming across the country capture the extraordinary breadth of demands placed on the country's biggest institution on just one day at a critical time in its history. On this day, 1,300 of us will die, 2,000 will be born and one and a half million of us will be treated.
In this first episode alone, this groundbreaking portrait of our national health service moves across the country revealing how the NHS copes with the growing demands of obesity, old age and cancer amongst others.
While Matron Liz deals with 130 patients through her doors in a Clinical Decision Unit in Birmingham, patient Lynn's weight-loss surgery in Chichester is interrupted by a devastating discovery. Further north in Leeds, stroke doctors use a revolutionary treatment to save the speech and movement of 64-year-old Graham.
'Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day' provokes profound questions about what the NHS does for us now and what we expect of it in the future.
Comedy › Satire
Frost on Satire
BBC4, 11:35pm-12:35am
Sir David Frost presents an investigation into the power of political satire with the help of some of the funniest TV moments of the last 50 years.
Beginning with the 1960s and That Was the Week That Was, he charts the development of television satire in Britain and the United States and is joined by the leading satirists from both sides of the Atlantic. From the UK, Rory Bremner, Ian Hislop and John Lloyd discuss their individual contributions, while from the US, Jon Stewart analyses the appeal of The Daily Show, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell talk about their respective portrayals of Sarah Palin and George W Bush, and Chevy Chase remembers how Saturday Night Live turned them into huge stars.
All of them tackle the key question of whether satire really can alter the course of political events.
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Wednesday 26th March
Factual › Science & Nature › Nature & Environment
Insect Worlds
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 3/3 - The Secrets of Their Success
Totalling an estimated 10 million species, the insects and their close relatives are the most abundant and diverse group of animals in the world, so what is the secret of their success? Their hard external skeleton provides strength and protection and their small size allows them to exploit many microhabitats.
In Yellowstone, Steve Backshall reveals how teamwork allows a colony of bees to scare off a hungry bear, and in Australia this same teamwork allows a colony of ants to beat the rising tide. But to unlock the real secret of their success Steve visits the Swiss Alps, where an incredible relationship exists between the ant, the wasp and the butterfly.
History > Documentaries
Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time
BBC1, 9:00-10:00pm
In a one off landmark drama documentary for BBC One, Dr Margaret Mountford presents Pompeii: The Mystery Of The People Frozen In Time.
The city of Pompeii uniquely captures the public’s imagination; in 79AD a legendary volcanic disaster left its citizens preserved in ashes to this very day. Yet no-one has been able to unravel the full story that is at the heart of our fascination: how did those bodies become frozen in time?
For the first time the BBC has been granted unique access to these strange, ghost-like body casts that populate the ruins, and using the latest forensic technology, the chance to peer beneath the surface of the plaster in order to rebuild the faces of two of the people who were killed in this terrible tragedy.
Margaret will turn detective to tell a new story at the heart of one of history’s most iconic moments; she’ll look at the unique set of circumstances that led to the remarkable preservation of the people of Pompeii. By applying modern day forensic analysis to this age-old mystery, Margaret dispels the myths surrounding the events in 79AD. She’ll also explore the lives of the individuals who once lived in this vibrant and enigmatic city, as well as recreating the last moments of the people caught up in this tragedy.
Factual › Health & Wellbeing
Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
Best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett, diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007, has one last adventure he wants to go on. Eighteen years ago Terry had a life-changing experience in the jungles of Borneo, where he encountered orangutans in the wild for the first time. Now he is going back to find out what the future holds for these endangered species, and discover a new threat to their habitat that could push them to the brink of extinction. His Alzheimer's will make the trip an incredible challenge both physically and mentally, as he contemplates the role of mankind in the eradication of the planet's species, and considers his own inevitable extinction.
Terry is accompanied by his friend and assistant Rob Wilkins, as they investigate an Indonesian street market where endangered species are reportedly on sale, meet the world expert on orangutans, Dr Birute Galdikas, and journey into the rainforest in search of the former king of the orangutans, Kusasi.
Factual › Arts, Culture & the Media › Arts
Danny Boyle: Man of Wonder: A Culture Show Special
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Thursday 27th March
Factual > History > Religion & Ethics > Documentaries
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 4/6 - Shrines
For those outside the Catholic and Orthodox Church, the ancient tradition of visiting a shrine to venerate the bones of a dead person - however holy - can seem quite alien. Ifor’s voyage to understand why saintly relics have played such a major role in our religious history begins at an unlikely starting point: at the side of a road in South London where T-Rex frontman, Marc Bolan, suffered a fatal car crash.
Fans still come here to remember a man most of them never met. Even things celebrities have merely touched can change hands at auction for eye-watering prices. Is today’s celebrity memorabilia the modern day equivalent of what, in mediaeval times, would have been called relics?
Ifor heads to Scotland where he learns that the city of Glasgow only exists because of a shrine, and in Wales, he visits the newly renovated shrine of its patron saint, St David. In St Albans Cathedral, Ifor learns that the relic – St Alban’s shoulder bone – was only returned to this shrine in 2002, prompting Ifor to ask if shrines are starting to creep back into the Anglican mainstream.
After viewing a genuinely shocking relic in Westminster Cathedral, Ifor meets the Catholic Arch Bishop Vincent Nichols who has a radical theory about how the return of shrines represents the final chapter of the reformation - and Ifor explores how much of this is down to Princess Diana. Finally, after seeing some of the finest Cathedrals in the land, Ifor ends his journey in a place that couldn’t be more different: a tiny church on the fringe of Snowdonia, which is home to a shrine that some people consider one of the holiest place in Britain.
Documentaries
ITV1, 9:00-10:00pm
“When he first started swearing, you do a big intake of breath and think ‘oh my gosh, now what am I going to do?’ At that point I don’t think I was even able to support him. The emotions took over and I just literally cried for two days…I was sad. I’d lost part of my son.” Kristy, mum to Connor, age 12
It is believed that 1 in 100 school children are affected by Tourette’s Syndrome, mostly boys. There is no cure, but there is hope, thanks to a pioneering treatment programme at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
This one-off, hour-long documentary follows the lives of three boys and their families over a six-month period as they share the reality of living with the condition and the daily obstacles they face. This is their story, in their own words. They are filmed at home and in public and both the boys and their families share their personal thoughts direct to camera in individual interviews which are woven into the programme.
It offers a compelling insight into Tourette’s and how it can be treated, with unprecedented access to Great Ormond Street’s Clinic, which deals with the most severe and complex cases in the country.
Callum, age 9, wants to be an astronaut when he grows up and proudly shares his impersonation of an alien with Tourette’s. His mum Maria explains he started by getting eye tics and now gets new ones all the time. Callum says: “Other people stare at me and it’s annoying and sometimes I just want to go over there and tell them that I’ve got Tourette’s and I can’t help it, can you stop staring at me? Animals are easier to be with than people because the animals just ignore you because they can’t talk or say anything.”
Connor is age 12. He says: “I look normal but I happen to have Tourette’s Syndrome. I can’t help shout, swear or do movements. I call my Tourette’s Johnny because it’s Johnny who shouts and swears and me who doesn’t shout and swear.”
Connor’s dad Carl describes him as: “Loving, caring, funny, sensitive, drives you mad, pushes you to the limit. And the next minute he makes you proud to be a parent. And then he’ll push you again.” ...
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Tuesday 12 March 2013
Off-air recordings foe week 16-22 March 2013
Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.
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Saturday 16th March
Documentaries
Matters of Fact: Sex in a Cold Climate
More 4, 11:05pm-12:15am
In February 2013, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny formally apologised on behalf of the Irish state for its role in the Magdalene laundries. This documentary, first broadcast in 1998 on Channel 4, tells the story of women who were sent to the asylums in the 1940s to be reformed through harsh and punitive regimes, as told by rare archive film and photographs.
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Sunday 17th March
Drama > Animation
Miniscule: The Private Lives of Insects
BBC4, 8:45-9:00pm
Using a seamless combination of animation and real life, the insect world comes to life in this award-winning series of French animated shorts exploring all things insects and bugs. Based on years of study of insect movement, our computer-modelled characterful heroes show off their skills in a charming and comic way. Inside a cosy countryside cottage in midwinter, two rival gangs of ants fight for a bunch of pistachio nuts. From their respective flower pots, they get ready for the final attack.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries
The Incredible Story of the Monarch Butterfly: Four Wings and a Prayer
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Every autumn a miracle happens. A Monarch butterfly born in Canada will fly 5,000 km to the rainforests of Mexico, across land it has never seen. It is a journey filled with peril. Many never make it, and those that do will never return. It takes three more generations to make the journey back to Canada the following spring. No butterfly has ever made the journey before and none of them will ever make it again.
Based on the critically-acclaimed book by Sue Halpern and narrated by Kristin Scott Thomas, the migration of the Monarch butterfly from its birthplace in Canada to its wintering site in the rainforests of Mexico is an epic struggle for survival: an astonishing story of scientific marvel and awesome beauty.
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Monday 18th March
Factual > Food & Drink
Can Eating Insects Save the World?
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
How would you feel about eating deep fried locusts, ant egg salad or barbequed tarantulas? This documentary sees presenter and food writer Stefan Gates immerse himself in the extraordinary world of hardcore insect-eating in a bid to conquer his lingering revulsion of bugs and discover if they really could save the planet.
With 40 tonnes of insects to every human, perhaps insects could offer a real solution to the global food crisis - where billions go hungry every day whilst the meat consumption of the rich draws vast amounts of grain out of the global food chain.
Stefan's on a mission to meet the people in Thailand and Cambodia that hunt, eat and sell edible insects for a living. But nothing quite prepares him for bug farming on this terrifying scale, from stalking grasshoppers at night to catching fiercely-biting ants. And it's not just insects on the menu. Stefan also goes hunting for the hairiest, scariest spider on the planet - the tarantula. Stefan asks if the solution is for everyone - the British included - to start eating insects too.
Factual > Science, Nature & Environment > Documentaries
Storyville: Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt
BBC4, 10:00-11:15pm
Marking the second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, this documentary tells an insightful and surprisingly funny story of a family adjusting to life after the tsunami.
Director Kyoko Miyake revisits her Aunt Kuniko, who was forced to abandon her businesses and home following the disaster. Now living aimlessly in temporary accommodation on the edge of the contaminated zone, Aunt Kuniko is determined to return home as soon as possible. Miyake is puzzled as to why she and the family are not angry. As the first year after the disaster unfolds, she unearths the uncomfortable past that prevents things being so clear cut.
Through the attempts of the warm and indefatigable Aunt Kuniko to adapt at her ripe age, this deeply personal film explores notions of homeland, nuclear power and family love
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Tuesday 19th March
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Documentaries
What Do Artists Do All Day? - Norman Ackroyd
BBC4, 8:00-8:30pm
What Do Artists Do All Day? is a short series of intimate observational portraits that explore the working lives of leading artists in studios, bedrooms, and the outdoors to uncover the daily routines and moments of inspiration that bring art to life.
Norman Ackroyd is one of the country’s most celebrated landscape artists. Born in Leeds in 1938, he attended the Royal College of Art in the 1960s. After experimenting with pop art, he gradually turned to his first love, the landscape, and over the last thirty years he has documented some of the most remote corners of Britain.
In a new BBC Four programme, What Do Artists Do All Day, Norman tells the story of his artistic journey and gives us a unique glimpse into his working life.
Filmed in the converted London warehouse where he lives and works, we follow Norman as he embarks on the final stages of one of his monochrome prints. From delicate work on the copper plate, through preparation of the aquatint resin that brings shade and texture to the image and the application of the acid which etches the final picture from the copper, What Do Artists Do All Day captures each stage of the process behind his craft. At the end of the day, without knowing how the piece will turn out, Norman passes it through the printing press, revealing for the first time his latest work, capturing the atmospheric craggy cliff of Muckle Flugga in the Shetland Islands.
Factual > Health & Wellbeing > Factual > Life Stories
Stacey Solomon: Depression, Teen Mums and Me
BBC3, 9:00-10:00pm
On the surface it would seem that Stacey Solomon, X Factor finalist and Queen of the Jungle, has it all – two beautiful children, a loving partner, a singing career and celebrity status. But behind the glamour of her new life, Stacey has been keeping a secret.
Her first son was born when Stacey was only 18 years old and she developed an illness that most mums are scared to acknowledge – postnatal depression (PND). One in 10 mothers gets postnatal depression, but for teenagers the rate is three times more than older mothers.
For the first time, Stacey sets out to meet other teenage mothers suffering from this debilitating mental health condition, talks to her own mother who helped her through, discusses PND with professionals in the field and has an emotionally charged session with a psychotherapist to understand why she felt the way that she did. Stacey bravely embarks on a journey to highlight an illness that can have potentially fatal consequences. She sets out to overcome the social stigma that surrounds a condition that she believes should never be dismissed as 'the baby blues'.
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Wednesday 20th March
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts > Life Stories > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment
Edwardian Insects on Film
BBC4, 2:40-3:40am
In 1908 amateur naturalist Percy Smith stunned cinema goers with his surreal film The Acrobatic Fly. Featuring a bluebottle juggling a series of objects, the film became front page news. Now wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton-James attempts to recreate this fascinating film.
Along the way, Hamilton-James (helped by Sir David Attenborough who saw Smith's films as a boy) tells the story of Percy's remarkable career and reveals the genius behind this forgotten pioneer of British film.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries
Insect Worlds
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 2/3 - Making Worlds
The series explores the intricate and at times bizarre relationships these animals have with humans, with our planet and with each other; Steve reveals how they play key roles in almost every intricate ecosystem that humans rely upon. Using stunning behavioural sequences, these three programmes will reveal the relationships, dependencies, challenges and dramas that arthropods have developed throughout the world.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries
Insect Dissection: How Insects Work
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Insects outnumber us 200 million to one. They thrive in environments where humans wouldn’t last minutes. We mostly perceive them as pests - yet without bugs, entire ecosystems would collapse, crops would disappear and waste would pile high. The secret of their success? Their incredible alien anatomy.
To reveal this extraordinary hidden world, entomologists Dr James Logan and Brendan Dunphy carry out a complete insect dissection. Cutting edge imaging technology shows us the beauty and precision of the natural engineering inside even the simplest insects. Stripping back the layers, they uncover ingenious body systems and finely tuned senses – a bug body plan that is the hidden blueprint behind insects’ global domination. And they discover how science is now using the secrets of insect anatomy to inspire technology that could save human lives.
Factual > Families & Relationships > Life Stories > Documentaries
A Very British Wedding
BBC2, 8:00-9:00pm, 2/4
Gary and Cat arrange to tie the knot on a beach in Cyprus, while the groom-to-be's mother Jo plans a Chinese wedding party complete with a tea ceremony. Bibiana and Sam's families are officially united at a traditional Nigerian Yoruban engagement and the couple also bring some of their Pentecostal-style worship to an Anglican church, where more than 400 guests attend their big day.
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Thursday 21st March
News > Religion
Live Enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury
BBC2, 2:30-4:30pm
Huw Edwards sets the scene in Canterbury Cathedral as Archbishop Justin Welby is enthroned as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and President of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
In the presence of a 2,000-strong congregation, including clergy from the UK, and around the world, political leaders, heads of faith communities, family and friends, the new Archbishop will swear an oath of obedience and deliver his first sermon, as Archbishop, from the Chair of St Augustine.
Huw will be joined by a panel of guests, including The Rt Rev. Nigel McCulloch and The Rev. Dr Giles Fraser, who will discuss the significance of the occasion and the challenges facing the new Archbishop. Music will include anthems sung by Canterbury Cathedral Choir, including a new commission from Michael Berkeley, plus hymns and music reflecting the diverse traditions of the Church of England.
Factual > History > Religion & Ethics > Documentaries
Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 2/3 - Trees and Mountains
Presenter and Welsh poet Ifor ap Glyn visits trees and mountains that were holy to Britain's old pagan followers to understand the journey Britain took from paganism to Christianity. He begins by exploring the famous Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, before heading to Knowlton in Dorset where a Norman church was built in the centre of an earthern henge. He also travels to Snowdonia, and ends his journey at Pendle Hill, Lancashire, said to be the inspiration for an anti-pagan denomination.
Documentaries > Science & Technology > Factual
Horizon: How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
Dr Kevin Fong examines what can be done to reduce the number of mistakes being made by surgeons in the operating theatre. Speaking to professionals in high-pressure careers - including airline pilots, firemen and Formula One pit workers - he explores the coping mechanisms they each employ when faced with emergency situations, and looks at how these tactics could be transferred to the world of surgery.
Documentaries > Crime
Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story
Channel 5, 2/4, series 2, Stephen Griffiths: The Crossbow Killer
Professor David Wilson investigates the crimes of former criminology student Stephen Griffiths, the self-dubbed Crossbow Cannibal, who killed and dismembered three women between 2009 and 2010 - and ate parts of their bodies. Meeting some of the country's leading crime experts and putting his own cutting-edge theories to the test, Wilson asks when Griffiths' killing cycle began and whether he is responsible for more deaths than those already known about.
Documentaries > Crime
Britain's Worst Serial Killers: Dennis Nilsen
Channel 5, 10:00-11:00pm
Documentary profiling the infamous murderer, who killed 15 men between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen's crimes went unnoticed for years, until he was caught when a company called in to unblock his drains found them to be congested with human flesh and entrails. Featuring interviews with an ex-boyfriend of Nilsen, a victim who survived, and the arresting officers. This programme attempts to tell the full story of the horrific killings.
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Friday 22nd March
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts > Factual > History > Documentaries
Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past
BBC4, 2:50-3:50am, 3/3 - Broken Propylaeums
The final part of the documentary investigates how the heritage movement suffered setbacks due to the after-effects of the Second World War, but also how people including John Betjeman and Dan Cruickshank gave families access to the historical buildings on TV. The preservation of unpleasant properties such as workhouses is also explored, along with a discussion on what the future may hold for heritage in Britain. Last in the series.
Factual > History > Life Stories
Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/2 - Life
Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher goes on a fascinating journey in search of people like us – not the great Pharaohs, but the ordinary people who built and populated this incredible ancient civilization.
In this first episode we explore life in Ancient Egypt; the village that was their home, how they dressed and what they ate. We discover their love poetry, their enthusiasm for interior design, use of colour, and what it was like to work in the most famous cemetery on earth, the Valley of the Kings.
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Thursday 7 March 2013
Off-air recordings for week 9-15 March 2013
Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.
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Saturday 9th
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts; Magazines & Reviews
BBC2, 6:30-7:30pm
For years, thousands of paintings owned by the British public have been hidden away and inaccessible - until now. Thanks to the work of the Your Paintings project, over 200,000 works in our national collections have been painstakingly uncovered, photographed and put online - some for the very first time - allowing art experts and amateur-sleuths alike to make connections and discoveries that wouldn't have been possible before. Alastair Sooke teams up with art detective Dr Bendor Grosvenor to unearth some hidden gems and find out what our paintings say about us.
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Sunday 10th
Drama > Animation
BBC4, 8:40-9:00pm
Using a seamless combination of animation and real life, the insect world comes to life in this award-winning series of French animated shorts exploring all things insects and bugs. Based on years of study of insect movement, our computer-modelled characterful heroes show off their skills in a charming and comic way. Wasps set a date for their annual flight demonstration competition, but the deafening racket annoys a ladybird, who, wanting to save a quiet place for herself, disturbs this acrobatics championship.
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Monday 11th
New
BBC1, 8:30-9:00pm
The Newtown massacre, in which 20 primary schoolchildren died, has been hailed as a turning point on gun control in America. President Obama wants to ban assault weapons, but his opponents say more guns are the answer, not fewer. Panorama meets the teachers learning to use guns to protect their schools. With many of America's mass killers having mental health issues and easy access to guns, Panorama reveals the national crisis in mental healthcare which has left 3.5 million severely mentally ill Americans receiving no treatment at all. Reporter Hilary Andersson goes undercover to show how easy it is to buy the type of assault weapon used at Newtown, with no checks. Will Newtown finally change things, or will the mass killings continue?
Documentaries
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
Dan Snow travels to Syria on a journey to explore the fascinating and tumultuous history that lies behind the civil war now raging in the country.
For thousands of years Syria has been one of the most strategically important regions on Earth. Dan Snow visits Roman temples, the centre of the world’s greatest Islamic empire, crusader castles and today’s battlegrounds to piece together the complex history of a country at the heart of the Middle East. To understand what's happening in Syria and this region at the moment, there's only one place to start, and that's in the past.
In an hour-long documentary for BBC Two’s This World, Dan finds that the influence of history has been complicating Syria’s civil war. What started as peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s totalitarian regime have turned increasingly into a struggle along sectarian lines fuelled by historic tensions, involving global and regional powers. From the historic split between Sunni and Shia Islam, the divide-and-rule tactics of the French colonial rulers, and the struggle between secular and religious political parties, Syria’s history is a living and crucial element of the war.
Dan meets those fighting on both sides of the conflict and hears grievances stretching back centuries. He also spends time with ordinary Syrians who are bearing the brunt of the casualties. They’re asking what the future for them and their country, which has often borne the brunt of history, now holds.
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Tuesday 12th
Factual > Science and Nature > Documentaries
BBC4, 9:00-10:30pm
Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised… and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the ant colony, in a way that’s never been seen before. At its heart is a massive, full-scale ant nest, specially designed and built to allow cameras to see its inner workings. The nest is a new home for a million-strong colony of leafcutter ants from Trinidad.
For a month, entomologist Dr George McGavin and leafcutter expert Prof Adam Hart capture every aspect of the life of the colony, using time-lapse cameras, microscopes, microphones and radio tracking technology. The programme explores how these tiny insects can achieve such spectacular feats of collective organisation. It also reveals the workings of one of the most complex and mysterious societies in the natural world – and shows the surprising ways in which ants are helping us solve global problems.
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts; Factual > Life Stories
BBC4, 10:30-11:30pm
Documentary which journeys into the life and work of an artist widely recognised as one of the pioneers of modernism in Britain. In a life that has spanned horse-drawn transport to the internet, the film chronicles William Turnbull's intimate involvement in the critical developments of modern art. Exploring his experiences in Paris, London and New York where he befriended and worked alongside artists like Alberto Giacometti, Richard Hamilton, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, the film gives an insightful account into the life of one of the great masters of 20th-century art.
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Wednesday 13th
Factual > Families & Relationships; Factual > Life Stories
BBC2, 8:30-9:30pm, 1/4
Following the weddings of two multicultural couples to explore how traditions are maintained by couples in Britain today.
Sikh couple Kami and Dav they tread the same steps their ancestors did in the northern Indian state of Punjab hundreds of years ago as the programme follows them to their wedding day. Also following Sasha and Vlod, a couple who are among the newest of Britain's immigrants and who are looking to stick to the oldest of traditions originating in Eastern Europe.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment
BBC4, 1/3 - Them and Us
Steve Backshall explores the connections and relationship that we have with insects and other arthropods. In Kenya huge armies of driver ants give houses a five-star clean up and in China we discover how silkworm caterpillars have shaped our culture and distribution. While locusts devastate crops in Africa, bees and beetles across the world provide a key link in our food chains. Many of us perceive these animals merely as creepy crawlies and nothing more than a nuisance, but as Steve reveals, we couldn't live without them.
Factual > Science and Nature > Documentaries
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Metamorphosis seems like the ultimate evolutionary magic trick: the amazing transformation of one creature into a totally different being: one life, two bodies. From Ovid to Kafka to X-Men, tales of metamorphosis richly permeate human culture. The myth of transformation is so common that it seems almost pre-programmed into our imagination. But is the scientific fact of metamorphosis just as strange as fiction… or even stranger? In this programme, filmmaker David Malone explores the science behind metamorphosis. How does it happen and why? And might it even, in some way, happen to us?
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Thursday 14th
Factual > History; Religion & Ethics
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 2/6 - Water
Presenter and Welsh poet Ifor ap Glyn explores the wealth of Britain's extraordinary holy places on a pilgrimage that spans almost 2,000 years of history. Travelling across the breadth of the UK, Ifor uncovers the stories and rich history behind many of our most famous sites, explaining the myths and legends of some of Britain's most sacred places.
In the second episode, Ifor explores why water crops up again and again as the essential element in many of our most holy places. Why has a yearning for pure natural water always been bound up with our spiritual beliefs?
His journey takes him to our oldest mass baptismal pool which marks the place that Scottish Picts first came into the Christian fold, the site on Loch Ness where Celtic missionaries battling the forces of paganism first encountered the legendary monster, a healing well where a young woman was reputedly brought back to life by having her severed head re-attached to her body, and a 2,000-year-old holy spring that has become a major international brand.
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts; Factual > History
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm, 2/3 - The Men from the Ministry
The second episode reveals the unsung heroes of the heritage movement, the clever civil servants who saved the great ruins of Britain. It explores the determination of Charles Reed Peers from the Office of Works, who seized the chance in the interwar years to make history a popular cause, and looks at how the increasingly mobile British public began to embrace the idea of a day out at an historic site. As the country houses faced a crisis with owners demolishing or abandoning their homes, who would come to the rescue - the Ministry of Works or the National Trust?
Factual > Science & Nature > Factual > Science & Nature > Science & Technology
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
It is a feeling we all know - the moment when a light goes on in your head. In a sudden flash of inspiration, a new idea is born. Today, scientists are using some unusual techniques to try to work out how these moments of creativity - whether big, small or life-changing - come about. They have devised a series of puzzles and brainteasers to draw out our creative behaviour, while the very latest neuroimaging technology means researchers can actually peer inside our brains and witness the creative spark as it happens. What they are discovering could have the power to make every one of us more creative.
Crime > Documentaries
Channel 5, 9:00-10:00pm, series 2, 1/4 - Levi Bellfield
This week, Professor Wilson investigates Levi Bellfield. Infamous for the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, Bellfield is one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. As well as Milly's murder, he was convicted of the brutal murders of French student Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell, whom he killed with series of hammer blows to the head, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, whom he ran down with his car in Twickenham as she walked home from a night out.
However, linking Bellfield to further crimes proves to be one of the most complicated cases that Professor Wilson has ever studied. Bellfield had multiple signatures and seemed to be on a mission to destroy young women in anyway that he could. He hated blondes and prowled for victims on streets that he knew intimately, leaving them dead or dying after spotting them on buses or near bus stops.
Professor Wilson looks into these cases in detail to build up a profile of Bellfield. He meets a young
blonde named Edel Harbison, who miraculously survived a hammer attack on Twickenham Green, just months before the murder of Amelie Delagrange. Wilson wants to see whether he can learn any new information that can unlock secrets of hidden crimes by Bellfield.
After his 2008 murder trial, Bellfield was named by police as a suspect in connection with at least
20 unsolved murders and attacks on women dating back to 1990. Professor Wilson believes that there are reasons why Bellfield should be investigated in connection with two hideous murders, including a case that made headlines around the world but for which another man is already serving a life sentence.
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